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Cost benefit analysis of on-farm management of improved forage varieties in Western Kenya by Karimi, Peggy, Ugbede, Joseph, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

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A scalable scheme to implement data-driven agriculture for small-scale farmers by Jiménez, Daniel, Delerce, Sylvain Jean, Dorado, Hugo Andres, Cock, James H., Muñoz, Luis Armando, Agamez, Alejandro, Jarvis, Andy

“…The Colombian Ministry of Agriculture Colombia, an international research center and a national farmers’ organization developed a data-driven agricultural program that: (i) compiles information from multiple sources; (ii) interprets that data; and (iii) presents the knowledge to farmers through the local advisory services. …”
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The production of Avena sativa AV25-T (Altoandina) silage as a business model for the higher tropics of Colombia by Gallo Caro, Irieleth, Enciso, Karen, Castillo, Javier

“…Dairy production in the Colombian higher tropics (>2,000 m elevation) depends on the climatic conditions. …”
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Co-creating a vision for the production system of La Montañita 20 years from now: A territory of food, biodiversity and hope by Lopez, María Claudia, Rodríguez, Luz A., Correal, Antonia

“…Developing bioeconomies in this Colombian region implies reducing or eliminating deforestation, recovering soils and degraded ecosystems, diversifying products and adding value to Amazonian products, implementing sustainable practices in productive systems, strengthening of traditional Amazonian practices and equitable sharing benefits, and promoting women’s empowerment and integrating the youth into decision-making. …”
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Comparative studies of Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax isolates from Colombia by Dirie, M.F., Otte, M.J., Thathi, R., Gardiner, Peter R.

“…Characterization by isoenzyme assay, karyotyping and DNA probe analysis, showed the Colombian isolates to be more similar to the West African than to KenyanT. vivax. …”
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El cultivo de yuca para la altillanura plana de los Llanos Orientales de Colombia by Howeler, Reinhardt H., Calle, F., Salazar, E.

“…Specific recommendations for cassava cultivation and soil conservation in the plateau area of the Colombian Llanos Orientales are given. These include choice of area (level), soil preparation, var. …”
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Sistemas de control y seguimiento para proyectos de secado de yuca by Bode, P.

“…Models for cassava project monitoring and evaluation are discussed, focussing on the system that has been created and honed over time to follow up on the DRI/CIAT cooperative project on the Colombian Atlantic Coast. This system is based on a data bank, in- depth surveys, and intensive follow-up on a sample of farmers. …”
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The faces of the oil palm :the relevance of the oil palm agro-industry in Colombia

“…Too frequently, these people neglect to highlight something which defines the oil palm-growing industry in Colombia: that for over 50 years it has been shaped by Colombian entrepreneurs, farmers, and workers, and that it is an economic activity with deep social and territorial roots, through which whole communities play out their daily lives, and therefore, an axis around which their identity and sense of belonging revolve.…”
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Categorización del Comportamiento de las Semillas de Mortiño (Vaccinium meridionale Swartz) en Almacenamiento a Baja Temperatura by Hernández Pérez, María Isabel, Lobo Arias, Mario, Medina Cano, Clara Inés, Cartagena Valenzuela, José Régulo

“…The aim was to determine the long term conservation possibility of a duplicate of the current Colombian Andean Highland field collection in cool storage rooms, as well as that of newly collected local populations from the mentioned highland region, which are in danger of genetic erosion due to human intervention and the ongoing global climate change. …”
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Identificación visual de guaduales en el Eje Cafetero de Colombia a partir de una imagen Landsat 8 sometida a mejoramiento espacial por método ISH by Muñóz, Dein, Camargo García, Juan C.

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Evaluación de la oferta de residuos de biomasa de guadua para propósitos energéticos en el Eje Cafetero de Colombia by Camargo García, Juan C., Arango Arango, Angela M., Amézquita Berjan, Miguel A.

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Disponibilidad biológica de calcio y fosforo en harinas de huesos comerciales en pollos de engorde by Belalcázar, Fabiola O. de, Laredo C., Max Alberto, Alvarez, Héctor

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Mapping peatland distribution and quantifying peatland below‐ground carbon stocks in Colombia's Eastern Lowlands by Uhde, A., Hoyt, A. M., Hess, L., Schmullius, C., Mendoza, E., Benavides, J. C., Trumbore, S., Martin-Lopez, Javier Mauricio, Skillings‐Neira, P. N., Winton, R. S.

“…Using new field data, high‐resolution Earth observation (EO), and a random forest approach, we mapped peatlands across Colombian territory East of the Andes below 400 m elevation. …”
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Efecto de la interacción genotipo por ambiente sobre los rasgos de calidad en los híbridos de Brachiaria población Br12 by Mazabel, Johanna, Hernández, Luis Miguel, Castiblanco, Valheria

“…In cooperation with Colombian National Agriculture Research Center (AGROSAVIA), four field trials have been stablished and another one will be stablished in 2020, for a total of 5 locations. …”
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Farmscape sustainability: a case study using an adaptation of the Sustainable Livelihood Framework in Caquetá, Colombia by Pérez Marulanda, Lisset, Lavelle, Patrick M., Rudbeck, Martin, Castro Nuñez, Augusto, Camilo, Karen, Vanegas, Martha, Sachet, Erwan, Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Suarez Salazar, Juan C., Solarte, Antonio, Francesconi, Wendy, Quintero, Marcela

“…The sample is representative of the four municipalities, according to the Colombian Census carried out in 2005. We used a stratified optimal random sampling strategy across the number of rural households in the municipalities to account for the number of farms. …”
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Youth in livestock and the transformative power of rural education: the case of Heirs of Tradition, 2012–2020 by Triana Ángel, Natalia, Ariza Aya, Mauricio, Burkart, Stefan

“…was one of the first questions asked to the teachers by Luisa, a student attending the Heirs of Tradition livestock production program, implemented by Alquería and the National Training Service (SENA, its Spanish acronym) in Colombia, in view of the relentless spread of the COVID- 19 pandemic in Colombia.1 At first sight, the predictable complications brought along by mandatory confinement to halt the spread of the pandemic could be overcome virtually, the way many students from urban schools and universities are still doing. In the Colombian countryside however, the picture is radically different. …”
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Evaluación económica de tecnologías forrajeras en Colombia: Avena Altoandina and Arachis pintoi CIAT 22260 by Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…The following varieties were evaluated from an economic perspective: (i) Avena Altoandina for intensified dairy production in the high-altitude tropics of Colombia; and ii) Arachis pintoi CIAT 22260 for a double-purpose production system in the foothills of the Colombian Orinoquía region. The methodology is based on a discounted free cash flow model, the estimation of financial feasibility indicators, and an analysis that is based on Monte Carlo simulation, to consider the risk level of critical variables of the model. …”
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Evaluation of the forage legume Canavalia brasiliensis CIAT 17009: An economic perspective by Junca Paredes, Jhon Jairo, Mojica Rodríguez, José Edwin, Sotelo, Mauricio E., Burkart, Stefan

“…In the lower tropics of the Colombian Caribbean, Bothriochloa pertusa (Colosuana) is a predominant grass species. …”
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Dinámica de los bosques en territorios que transitan entre el conflicto y la construcción de paz: Un análisis espacial con enfoque territorial en municipios de Antioquia priorizado... by Gutiérrez Zapata, Diana Maria, Cerón Muñoz, Mario Fernando, Barahona Rosales, Rolando, Castro-Nuñez, Augusto Carlos, López-Camacho, Maribel, Rodríguez Espinosa, Holmes, Aguilar-Ávila, Jorge

“…This book also includes contributions from faculty experts in rural extension and forest engineering, who authored a chapter on teaching approaches in forestry education in Mexico, offering insights and reflections relevant to the Colombian context. Through this collaboration, the role of universities is acknowledged as fundamental in shaping individuals committed to ecosystem and forest preservation, thereby strengthening their contribution to sustainable development in Latin America.…”
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Population dynamics and adaptive strategies of Martiodrilus carimaguensis (oligochaeta, glossoscolecidae), a native species from the well-drained savannas of Colombia by Jiménez Jaén, J.J., Moreno, Alonso, Lavelle, Patrick M., Decaëns, Thibaud

“…Martiodrilus carimaguensis (Oligochaeta, Glossoscolecidae) is a large, anecic native earthworm species which was found in natural and disturbed savannas in the Oxisols of the Colombian Llanos. The population dynamics of this species were studied in a native savanna, and in a 17-year-old grazed grass-legume-pasture where density and biomass were higher. …”
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